Good! I think we should all follow their lead. These things are horrible!! An old neighbor of ours had one of these and suggested we try theirs to sheild our husky from running. Stupidly, we did. Well, Huskies have a ton of fur and I don't think my hubby had the collar secured to her neck cuz nothing happened. Finally with the voltage 1/2 way up it made connection and it was TERRIBLE! I ran to the door as I honestly thought she had been hit by a car. It was gut wrenching and hearbreaking. My hubby thought it merely scared her - I told him, it's only fair - you put it on your hand and shock yourself and so he did (at the lowest voltage) and he jerked back and dropped it. imagine how my poor dog felt!!!
I was disgusted and angry and I don't even want to think about how many mean people turn the voltage all the way up to mean.
These things are horrible!

Good points by Sue R.

I hope that this ban goes through and other countries follow suit. I don't think that these collars should be used for training and they sound too much like a torture device to be considered humane. I can also see them being abused by some sick individuals.

I never liked those collars anyways,i think it cruel to use them!

I do think that a ban on these collars would be a good idea. I don't think that negative reinforcement is a good way to train your pet. I wouldn't want to be shocked and I can't imagine my pet would either.

I dont think they need to ban this because if you had a neighbor with a barking dog you would want one because I do

Good, those shock collars hurt like hell.

i really cant say in this matter becuase it is completely an opinion but if i should say i think that dogs just like us need to know their limits and this is okay.

I feel there shouldn't be a ban on this sort of thing. It's not like it's deadly to the dogs. What's better? Dogs running free cuz there isn't an invisible fence and getting hit by a car and dogs barking all the time. Or have a dog get shocked like a few times and learning not to do it anymore.

i would never want to wear a shockk collarrr, i think its a muy bueno idea to ban theseee colllars cuz they hartt

Thats good there doing this b/c those shock collars can hurt animals. so i'm glad there protecting them

I never liked this, its so hurtful

people would probably abuse this privlage of a dog collar

They should ban these. People will abuse the collar and hurt animals.

shock collars are so mean they should be banned everywhere

maybe if we all just learned to speak dog language then we wouldnt need these!!! it would save them the pain

they shouldn't banthis butr thats their chos it does no harm to the animal

if they are training there dogs then there is no problem and they should be able to continue, unless they are abusing the animals.

if it is used to train a dog then I don't seen what the problem is. It is when it is used in excess that it is bad.

One of my dogs came here and I adopted him when I found out he was abused and his owner no longer wanted him. He came with a habit of chasing cars down my gravel road. My yard can't be fenced because I share a drive with land owners behind my house. I tried an underground electric fence but it didn't work because of buried utility wires. I've had the neighbors pour water on him and blow an air horn at him. Nothing has worked except keeping him tied up or in the house. I love this dog with all my heart and want him to have a long but good life. If a shock collar would make him stop chasing cars, I'd try it.

I know they are sold here for training, but I could never use one on my dog. There are better alternative ways to train a dog.

No way would I train with shock collar or fence!!!

I think it is cruel to shock an animal if it doesn't do what it's told. They should go back to the old fashioned way by using treats to train the dog or something.

I have heard that these collars are a good training advise, but not sure I agree with them being used. I personally would not use one.

Must admit I don't know too much about shock collars--but I don't believe that shocking a dog would rest well with animal welfare legislation. I note this story was posted in late November 2007. Wonder what the outcome of the investigation was.

Like any other training tool it has to be used properly. Usually all you have to use is the tone and they understand. I would rather use a shock collar on my dog and let her run in the yard than chain her up or tie her out.

Duh! Of course these are a contradiction to animal welfare laws.

Glad to see these are going to be banned in the UK. Hope the USA follows.

about time, lets do it everywhere

banned the sales worls wide..

get rid of these collars

take them off the market

mean and very hard on the dog

these collars are mean...

sounds good to me

This is a good idea..

shock collars for anything is cruel!!

I think they should ban these collars. There has to be a better way to "train" your pet. I know there are people out there we would all love to "shock" but we just can't and shouldn't why are our beloved pets any different?

I never thought these collars were very nice to use. If you shocked a person...they would be suing somebody and yet somehow people seem to think it is okay to use these on an animal....

I hate these collars and hope they get banned! Really cruel!

Shock collars are mean!!

don't know if i agree. would like more info

I wonder if we will hear an update on what Wales has decided to do. I love follow-through on these stories.

If I had not ever used a shock collar I would agree that the ban should pass. However, I have used them on 2 of my pets and would use them again. If you ban these you must also ban invisible fences. They keep the dog in an area by way of shock.

There was a time when after hours & hours, and months of conventional training my shelter dog was still uncontrollable. A local vet suggested the use of one of those choker collars that have the points that dig into the dogs neck when pressure is applied. I couldn't bring myself to do that so I took someone elses suggestion and looked into a shock trainer. Before I ever tried it on my dog I TRIED IT ON MYSELF, just as I did with the invisible fence. That is how I know that I am not hurting my dog with its use.

This issue goes back to the same old same old. If you love your dog, you will use the product in the manner it was intended. I have very rarely ever had to use the shcok option when training my dogs, even the one who was resistant to every other "acceptable" form of training. I usually use the tone, but it is occassionally necessary to use the shock feature. I cry when I hit a squirrel while driving so no one could say that I am unfeeling towards animals and hurting them.

I hope this legislation passes. I think this is a cruel way to train dogs.

I don't like the shock collars. My neighbor used it to keep his dog away from the road and the dog still runs across.

Legislation is good.

If it's truly hurting the dogs, then I'm glad it will be banned.

I don't know about this, hope it's the right thing.

I'd like to see their findings.....